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The MV Balmoral was due to call at Penarth’s Historic Pier on Saturday at 9.40am to drop off visitors from Clevedon before welcoming Welsh day trippers on board for a 'down channel' run to Ilfracombe and the North Devon coast.

The spring sailings were then due to run until June 4 before the main summer season gets underway from July 26 to September 4.

Paul Doubler, spokesman for the Balmoral, said: “We very much regret the disappointment caused to our passengers and supporters by this short delay to the eagerly-awaited start of Balmoral's busy summer programme. There is so much to look forward to in our exciting season ahead.”

The MV Balmoral is expected to set sail on 33 different days from her principle departure point Penarth’s Pier on some days calling as often as three times during a day.